Agricultural technologies for decision-makers: TAAT technology database and e-catalogs

Project specs

Format

2D

Contact

Bruno Tran

Country

Nigeria

Funding agency

African Development Bank

Length

02:00

Summary

The cornerstone of The African Development Bank’s “Feed Africa” campaign is the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT). TAAT is developing a database of agricultural technology and accompanying e-catalogs, showcasing technologies validated to ensure their scalability and benefits. The database and e-catalogs will connect potential agricultural technology adopters in the public and private sectors with the researchers and companies developing them and will provide guidance and advice to adopters.

Researcher Profile

Bruno Tran: Scaling Expert at the TAAT Clearinghouse (IITA). Experienced researcher (Natural Resources Institute) and teacher (Universities of London and Greenwich, Open University), transitioned to training, dissemination and scaling.

Farris Okou: Technology Profiler at the TAAT Clearinghouse (IITA), responsible for knowledge management, dissemination and scaling. Experienced researcher in Natural Resources Management (Laboratory of Applied Ecology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin).

Marie Michèle Codja: Technology Profiler at The TAAT ClearingHouse, responsible for knowledge management, dissemination and scaling. (IITA). Experience of research in Biotechnology and Plant Breeding/ Crop production (University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin).

Béata Adonon: Technology Profiler at The TAAT ClearingHouse (IITA), responsible for knowledge management, dissemination and scaling. Experience of research in Nutrition, Food Sciences and Technologies (University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin).

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